Sage sparrow


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(Zool.) a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.

See also: Sage

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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For both species, these annual changes paralleled those observed in randomly selected patches: the change in each species' average scores on the 4 independent components between 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 was significantly correlated with the change in average random patch scores over the same periods (r = 0.93, df = 6, P [less than] 0.001 for Sage Sparrow; r = 0.71, df = 6, P [less than] 0.05 for Brewer's Sparrow).
Foraging patch selection by shrubsteppe sparrows
After our field seasons, the progenitor sage sparrow (Amphispiza belli) was split into separate species as sagebrush sparrows and Bell's sparrows (Chesser et al., 2013).
SUBSEQUENT-YEAR RECAPTURES AT WINTER SITES IN THREE SPECIES OF SHRUBLAND SPARROWS (EMBERIZIDAE)
kinkiense (San Clemente Island larkspur), San Clemente loggerhead shrike (Lanium ludovicianus mearnsi), San Clemente sage sparrow (Amphispiza belli clementeae), and Island night lizard (Xantusia riversiana).
Recovery success for the first plants listed under the Endangered Species Act
The Lincoln's sparrow (left), the sage sparrow and the black-backed woodpecker are among Noah Strycker's detailed bird drawings.
A fledgling talent for art
Because they require vast areas of habitat to survive, sage grouse are also umbrella species; conserving and restoring sage grouse habitat will benefit other sagebrush obligate species such as the sagebrush vole (Lagurus curtatus), sage sparrow (Amphispiza belli), sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus), and the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis).
Declining Sage Grouse in the American West: Can the Threat of Listing this Species Help Transform the Bureau of Land Management?
Some are sagebrush obligates-creatures such as the sage grouse, sage sparrow, sagebrush lizard and sagebrush vole that cannot survive without plenty of high-quality sagebrush and its associated perennial grasses and forbs.
America's Forgotten Ecosystem - Often maligned and frequently mismanaged, the country's most abundant native shrub is finally getting credit for its value to wildlife
Key words: birds, passerine; Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri); Geographic Information Systems; habitat association model; Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris); Idaho, USA; landscape change; remote sensing; Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli); Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus); shrubsteppe; Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta); wildfire.
GHOSTS OF HABITATS PAST: CONTRIBUTION OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE TO CURRENT HABITATS USED BY SHRUBLAND BIRDS
Macrogeographic patterns of morphometric and genetic variation in the sage sparrow complex.
Microgeographic patterns of genetic and morphological variation in Savannah sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Sage Sparrows (Amphispiza belli), Black-throated Sparrows (A.
Habitat distributions of wintering sparrows: foraging success in a transplant experiment
Plywood models of tanks and missiles poke through native shrubs with flittering San Clemente Island sage sparrows, found only on the island.
Endangered species thrive on US military ranges
Our objective is to determine if and how these processes operate in shrub steppe ecosystems in Idaho by monitoring nesting success of shrub-steppe obligate species (Brewer's Sparrows, Spizella breweri, Sage Sparrows, Amphispiza belli, and Sage Thrashers, Oreoscoptes montanus).
Effects of habitat fragmentation shrub-steppe birds in Southeastern Idaho. (Biology Paper Abstracts)
Black-throated sparrows accounted for 48% of captures of residents, while white-crowned sparrows, Bewick's wrens, and sage sparrows combined accounted for 84% of captures of short-distance migrants.
Associations of small migratory and resident birds with two scrub habitats during late winter and spring in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
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